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Updated: September 7, 2025
"Would you believe it, I was just going to write out a notice for the board myself, offering a reward for the return of it. And here it is placed in my hand. What do you think the reward should be, Carter?" "Something pretty handsome, sir," answered the clerk, smiling. The four little Blossoms looked uncomfortable. "We don't want any reward, thank you, Mr. Mendam," said Bobby bravely.
"I never saw a day too cold for ice-cream soda did you?" he added, smiling. "We promised Sam to stay here till he came for us," Meg explained regretfully, for she was very fond of soda. "He won't be long, will he?" said Mr. Mendam. "I'll wait with you." And wait he did, till the sound of jingling sleigh bells announced that Sam was at the door.
The post-office clerk laughed and said that wasn't a lost car. "It belongs to Mayor Pace, of Fernwood," he explained. "He couldn't get through last night and he left the car there. His son is going to tow it out this afternoon, I believe." "About the sled it isn't mine," said Mr. Mendam. "I think we'd better have that on the lost and found board. Do you want to write the notice?"
"Things just seem to happen to you, wherever you are," said Sam. "I wish I could lead as exciting a life as you do." Mr. Mendam insisted that he must come with them and Sam tied the horse and went. The four little Blossoms had a wonderful time, choosing their favorite sodas and for once no one said the twins were too young to have whatever they chose. Mr.
Mendam helped him tuck the children in between the boxes and the seat and cover them up carefully. "I wouldn't have lost that glove for a good deal," he told them, as Sam was ready to start. "I value gifts from my daughter highly. Good-bye and good luck to your fair." "Oh, wait!" Dot wailed as Sam drove off. "Wait a minute, Sam; I want to ask him something!"
"Meg said to save it for Mother and Daddy and Aunt Polly and Norah, so we did," Bobby explained. "They didn't have any sodas." You may be sure they had a great deal to tell as soon as they were inside the house and when Bobby pulled out the money Mr. Mendam had given him, they were all surprised.
"You put this in your pocket," he told Bobby, handing him a folded bill. "Mind you don't lose it. And if your mother, for any reason, isn't willing for you to keep it, you may send it back and I will not be offended." Bobby put the money away carefully, down deep in his pocket, and then Mr. Mendam said he was thirsty and wouldn't they go with him to the drug store and have an ice-cream soda?
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